Fiction

 

Amnesty
Aravind Adiga

Danny - Dhananjaya Rajaratnam - is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, denied refugee status after he has fled from his native Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he's been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal Australian life. But then one morning, Danny learns a female client of his has been murdered. When Danny recognises a jacket left at the murder scene, he believes it belongs to another of his clients - a doctor with whom he knows the woman was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: come forward with his knowledge about the crime and risk being deported, or say nothing, and let justice go undone? 

Paperback ISBN 9781509879052, Hardback ISBN: 9781509879038, CD SPW ISBN: 9781528898607

 

 

The Wind Knows My Name
Isabel Allende

Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht - the night their family loses everything. As her child's safety seems ever-harder to guarantee, Samuel's mother secures a spot for him on the last Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Diaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. 

Paperback ISBN: 9781526660336, Hardback ISBN  9781526660312

 

 

The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai

At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. With the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, and his cook's son hopscotching from one New York restaurant to another, trying to stay ahead of the US immigration services, this is far from easy. 

Paperback ISBN 9781405985420, Hardback ISBN: 9780241143483, Large Print Paperback ISBN: 9781405617352

 

 

River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure

A mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private dreams. 

Paperback ISBN 9780715655627, Hardback ISBN: 9780715655399, CD SPW ISBN: 9781004154685

 

 

A Guardian and a Thief
Aravind Adiga

In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old daughter Mishti, and her elderly father Dadu are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma's husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma's purse, with all the treasured immigration documents within it, has been stolen. 

Hardback ISBN: 9781398551640

 

 

Between Two Worlds
Oliver Norek

Undercover police officer Adam Sirkis needs to flee Syria. He knows it's a risk and he's ready for it. First, he sends his wife and daughter to Libya, where they will find boat heading for the Italian coast. Meanwhile, Adam himself winds up in France in the Calais Jungle, the infamous camp for migrants awaiting passage to the UK. Bastien Miller, a police lieutenant freshly transferred to the Calais police force, arrives at about the same time as Adam. His wife is depressed and his teenage daughter isn't exactly happy with the move. When a murder occurs in the Jungle, Adam and Bastien team up to get to the bottom of it. 'Between Two Worlds' is one of these vital books that illuminate an impossible political and humanitarian situation without sugar-coating it in any way. 

Hardback ISBN: 9780857059215, Paperback ISBN 9780857059246

 

 

Wandering Souls
Cecile Pin

Just after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel, but as weeks go by it becomes clear that only one party has survived. Anh, Thanh and Minh suddenly find themselves alone in the world, without family or home. They travel on, navigating refugee camps and resettlement centres until, by a twist of fate, they arrive in Thatcher's Britain. Here they must somehow build new lives with only each other to turn to, but will that be enough in a place that doesn't seem to want them?

Paperback ISBN: 9780008528812, Hardback ISBN: 9780008528775

 

 

Non Fiction

 

How Migration Really Works
Hein de Haas

Global migration is not at an all-time high. Climate change will not lead to mass migration. Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, not workers. Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration. These statements might sound counter-intuitive or just outright wrong - but the facts behind the headlines reveal a completely different story to the ones we're told about migration. In this revelatory book, based on more than three decades of research, leading expert Professor Hein de Haas explodes the myths that politicians, interest groups and media regularly spread about migration.

Papaerback ISBN: 9780241998779

 

 

My Fourth Time We Drowned
Sally Hayden

The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. In 2018, Sally Hayden received a message on Facebook: 'Hi sister Sally, we need your help.' It was from an Eritrean man who had been held in a Libyan detention centre for months.

Paperback ISBN: 9780008445614, Hardback ISBN: 9780008445577

 

 

Scattered
Aamna Mohdin

Reporting from Calais on the frontlines of the refugee crisis, Aamna Mohdin was confronted by a reality: that she had been a child refugee herself. Determined to piece her scattered family history together, Mohdin set off on a mission. On her journey, she would not only confront the devastating legacy of displacement, but grapple with her own identity: as a Somalian; as a refugee; and as a Black British woman. 'Scattered' is a staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, written by a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience.

Paperback ISBN: 9781526652584